Vocabulary

Question 0

A fee to be paid before voting

Answer 0

Poll tax

Question 1

A laborer who works the land for a farmer who owns it in exchange for a portion of the value of the crop.

Answer 1

Sharecropper

Question 2

A test to see if a person can read and write. This was used to qualify a person for voting.

Answer 2

Literacy test

Question 3

Segregation laws in the South

Answer 3

“Jim Crow” laws

Question 4

Rights that every U.S. citizen has

Answer 4

Civil rights

Question 5

Process of bringing formal charges against the President (or another public official).

Answer 5

Impeach

Question 6

Northerners that moved South during Reconstruction. They were described negatively by many southerners who said they were there for political gain or to take advantage of the economic situation (i.e. there for profit). Freedmen saw them in a positive way. They saw them as their to protect them and their rights.

Answer 6

Carpetbaggers

Question 7

Former slaves

Answer 7

Freedmen

Question 8

Southern laws aimed at restricting the rights of freedmen

Answer 8

Black codes

Question 9

Freedmen who migrated to Kansas

Answer 9

Exodusters

Question 10

A government pardon for past offenses

Answer 10

Amnesty